The Family History Guide Blog

March 21, 2026

Researching Indentured, Transported, and Enslaved Ancestors

Note: This article was originally published on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. Note: The time links refer to the video. A “brick wall” is a common frustration for genealogists, particularly when an ancestor seems to “magically appear” in the American colonies with no discernible connection to an overseas origin. For many researchers, this missing link is not a matter of...

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March 15, 2026

Training Others with Guided Learning Videos

We now have over 100 Guided Learning videos on The Family History Guide. While primarily used for self-paced, individual learning, these videos can also be used by instructors in group learning settings, such as the following: The New “Training with Guided Learning Videos” Page To help you get started training others on topics from Guided Learning, we’ve created a new...

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March 15, 2026

New RootsTech Video Links in TFHG

RootsTech 2026 produced hundreds of videos in the online library, covering a wide variety of family history topics. We have added nearly 100 new links in The Family History Guide to some of the best of these videos. About half of the new additions are on the following pages (look for the 2026 dates): Also, over 50 videos were added...

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March 9, 2026

Developing an ethical and safe use of AI for genealogy

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. It is a remarkable time to be a genealogist. For those of us who have spent decades cranking through microfilm, squinting at faded ink, and meticulously tracking down obscure court records, the current shift in the genealogical landscape feels both exhilarating and, for some, a bit unsettling. We...

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March 9, 2026

Wrapping Up RootsTech 2026

The Family History Guide Association just finished its 10th RootsTech conference, this time as a Bronze Level Sponsor. We had a wonderful team of volunteers helping us at our booth, from Thursday through Saturday. It was great to see many hundreds of guests coming to the booth to see demos of the website. A number of our guests mentioned that...

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March 1, 2026

Get Ready for RootsTech 2026!

The countdown is on … according to the RootsTech page, at the time of this writing, here’s the time remaining: For the 10th year, The Family History Guide Association will have an exhibitor booth in the Expo Hall. It’s number 1219, not far from FamilySearch and Storied booths. We started with a simple 10×10′ booth in 2016, and we are...

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March 1, 2026

Presentations at The Family History Guide RootsTech Booth

This year at RootsTech we will be featuring a number of free classes and presentations right from our booth in the Exhibit Hall. Here’s a look at what we have planned – if you are at RootsTech 2026 in Salt Lake City, be sure to stop by our booth and join in the fun and learning! Our booth in the...

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February 22, 2026

Guided Learning Videos in Spanish

When we published Welcome to The Family History Guide and The Inside Story, we also included Spanish versions of both videos. Now we have added Spanish-language versions of 16 more Guided Learning videos, including all of the I Have a Question videos. The translations, and the original videos, are produced on the Synthesia platform, which does an amazing job of...

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February 22, 2026

AI Intelligence and Genealogical Research

Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. While history in general is a broad subject with many specialized subdivisions, genealogical research is one of the more focused parts of the overall historical research community. An example of the limits of genealogical research is the lack of academic standing in the greater educational community. In universities around...

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